Cloud FinOps Specialist

• Experienced in managing complex multi-cloud environments for both financial and technical related matters.
• Experienced in bridging business requirements into technical workability without compromising security and operational standards.
• Passionate about staying abreast of industry developments, emerging cloud technologies and best practices related to cloud computing.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex, multi-cloud cost and performance datasets to facilitate usage and rate optimization. Identify optimization opportunities and reduce waste, tracking opportunities to resolution.
• Continuous follow up with platform PIC to ensure all workloads are provisioned accurately.
• Participate in complex architectural discussions to help platform/project teams make cost-efficient technology choices. Serve as a subject matter expert on cloud financial management best practices, cost management mechanisms, and cost-effective cloud architecture.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and their teams to support them with FinOps tools, framework, processes, and data.
• Deploy and maintain commercial and open source FinOps tools, training end users as needed.
• Investigate cost anomalies and discrepancies to identify root causes and communicate corrective actions.
• Stay updated on cloud pricing models, cost management tools, and standard methodologies in FinOps.
• Create accurate forecasting of cloud spend. Evaluate monthly spending to be in-line with yearly forecasted numbers, liaise with stakeholders to ensure all Cloud-related transactions (i.e. payments, budgets, contracts) are managed accurately.
• Provide cost analysis/usage reports to key personnel on a set cadence and drive a culture of cost accountability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Science or related discipline
• 2-4 Years of hands-on experience deploying and managing resources in AWS and/or Azure.
• 1-3 Years of FinOps or Cloud Operations experience
• Technical understanding of core AWS and Azure service offerings
• FinOps Certified Practitioner, AWS Cloud Practitioner and/or Azure Fundamentals certification
• Experience configuring and maintaining Corent, Cloudability, CloudZero, FinOut, AWS Cloud Intelligence Dashboards, Azure FinOps Hub, or similar cloud financial management platforms.
• Strong quantitative data analysis skills: ability to use hard data and metrics to support assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerBI, and PowerPoint or similar programs
• Superior planning, organization, and problem-solving ability
• Excellent relationship building and people skills.